Queen Latifah to Headline Long Beach Gay Pride

Queen Latifah will headline the main stage May 19 at Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Pride, the second largest gay pride celebration in the nation. Long Beach is the most ethnically diverse large city in the United States and it's gay pride celebration is also one of the most diverse in the country. The concert will be the 42-year-old Grammy winner's first-ever engagement ever at a gay pride celebration anywhere in the world, according to Long Beach Pride organizers. "From hip hop to R&B, pop to standards, Queen Latifah is the voice of our generation, and her concert will be phenomenal," said Long Beach Pride co-president Pat Crosby.